Discussion of Technical and Vocational Education to Enhance the status of the five initiatives.doc

Discussion of Technical and Vocational Education to Enhance the status of the five initiatives Paper Keywords: Characteristics of UK vocational education Abstract: Historically, the British education in the eyes of many problematic in the past 20 years, however, the British government progressive approach to education through a series of reforms, especially the five measures taken to improve the technology and vocational education, social status, set up with its own characteristics, with the international framework for the qualification certificate system, so that technical and vocational education and general education can be as integrated into the entire country great education system, providing equal access to public educational opportunities and conditions. British education since the 20th century changes in the posterior lobe of the history of it is saying the same unconventional ups and downs, especially 16-19 year-old post-compulsory education stage, change as much as confusing. However, the main line of reform has been clearly visible, and that is always equal education and lifelong education as the core principles of educational development, through the integration of technical and vocational education and general education, the “career education” thinking permeates all aspects of the education system, through the establishment of technical and vocational education and general education studies scores exchange system, not only from the words on the attitude and ideology of raising the status of technical and vocational education, changing the way people look at technical and vocational education in low-traditional concept, and a guarantee from the system. Throughout the posterior lobe of the United Kingdom since the 20th century, education reform, we can improve technical and vocational education in the United Kingdom the status of major initiatives summarized in the following five. 1 the face of intense global competition, and stren